At Thu, 26 Mar 2009, rachel lafferty wrote:
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>my deepest condolences to helens family...im so sorry to read of it.
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>it does show how bad addictions can become.
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>lots of love rach xxx
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>> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:14:56 -0500
>> From: katie_scarlett67@hotmail.com
>> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
>> Subject: Regarding the death of Helen Chalmers
>>
>> I was contacted by one of Helen's sisters, Peggy, this morning about
>> Helen's untimely passing. I asked if I could post her email here and
>> she said yes. I feel that it carries a very powerful message about pain
>> medications and their addictive properties.
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>> Peggy, if you read this, thank you for sharing Helen's story and your
>> grief. May God watch over her children.
>>
>> Katie
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>> From: peggylee williams (pwilliams227@gmail.com)
>> Sent: Wed 3/25/09
>> To: katie_scarlett67@hotmail.com
>>
>> "I am Helen sister Peggy. Her and I lived within one mile of each other
>> and saw each other every day. We were extremely close and her death was
>> devasting to me. It took me two years to locate our half sisters and
>> apparently Debbie is the one who has contacted you.
>>
>> Helen did not die from the pain, she took her own life. She did not
>> take her life because she could not live with the pain, she did it
>> because of the Oxy she had been taking for 6 years and it destroyed her.
>> They took her Oxy away from h er and the addiction was so bad that she
>> just could not live without the medication. Within the month she was
>> trying to detox herself. she thought she was through it and so did I.
>> But in the last week something happened to her mind that I do not
>> understand. Our family doctor put it the best when he said to me it's
>> not that Helen couldn't live with the pain it is that she could not live
>> without the pain medication, and the first doctor who perscribed it to
>> her is the person that killed her.
>>
>> I do not know you and not familiar with the web site but I want to tell
>> everyone who is going through what Helen went through. Find another
>> medication to deal with the pain. Even if it does not work as well, it
>> is better to live with some pain then to not live at all. Oxy is a
>> powerful evil medication. Do not take it, it will destroy you and your
>> family. She left behind a beautiful 18 year old daughter and a 19 year
>> old wonderful son. Our lives will never be the same."
>>
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